Robert K. Merting - Attorney at Law
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The SC Senate has formed a five senator sub-committee to travel to the state and solicit citizen input on gun control. The effort is being driven by Senator Marlon E. Kimpson and chaired by Senator Gerald Malloy. Both are Democrats from the I-95 belt to coastal SC. The sub-committee is rounded out by three Republicans. Read More …
The SC General Assembly passed H 3799 this year and the same became law in June 2016. By the time of this publication, August 2016, both SC SLED and GA DPS have updated their websites to recognize the changes in H3799. What did H3799 change? This bill explicitly recognizes the concealed weapons permits issued by Read More …
Many clients and potential clients are asking if they should still want a trust after the ATF 41F rule changes. While the 41F rule changes did increase the difficulty for trusts to purchase firearms, most buyers will still get several important benefits from trusts that make them worthwhile. It is these benefits that lead most Read More …
ATF 41F will be implemented in just a couple of weeks, and after that there will be a bit of a learning curve. Form 23, fingerprints and photographs, will be the new normal. While I and the shops I deal with are prepared and ready to help clients move forward after July 12th, we will Read More …
The Current Situation Clients have noticed the availability of suppressors is limited, but short supply was expected as ATF 41F implementation approached. I expect in stock suppressors to further dwindle in the remaining two months before ATF 41F takes affect. Limited supply is a temporary issue caused by customers beating the ‘ATF 41F deadline’. This is further exacerbated by the bottleneck of Read More …